S.Amdt. 2540

SA 2540. Mr. MURPHY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill S. 4638, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year
2025 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle E of title I, add the following:

SEC. 144. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE REVIEW AND REPORT
ON V-22 OSPREY AIRCRAFT PROGRAM.

(a) In General.--Not later than one year after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the
United States shall--
(1) conduct a comprehensive review of the Osprey tiltrotor
aircraft (V-22) program of the Department of Defense (in this
section referred to as the ``program''); and
(2) submit to the congressional defense committees a report
on the findings of the review.
(b) Elements.--The review required by subsection (a)
shall--
(1) assess the safety, cost, reliability, and performance
of the V-22 Osprey aircraft across the Armed Forces over the
history of the program;
(2) analyze--
(A) the causes and impacts of fatal and non-fatal accidents
involving V-22 Osprey aircraft; and
(B) the cost growth, maintenance and supply issues,
availability rates, and overall contributions to military
readiness of the program;
(3) examine the mechanical and design characteristics of
the V-22 Osprey aircraft, including its tiltrotor apparatus,
and assess the role such characteristics have played in
accidents and other program issues;
(4) assess the efforts and levels of success of the
Department in addressing accidents and other issues with the
program, including the Department's approach to mitigating
risk and improving aircraft reliability;
(5) taking into account the record of the V-22 Osprey
aircraft, consider the implications of incorporating similar
tiltrotor technology into future military aircraft across the
Armed Forces; and
(6) detail options available to the Department and make
recommendations for--
(A) addressing ongoing issues with the program; and
(B) strengthening safety, reliability, and cost-
effectiveness across the V-22 Osprey aircraft fleet.
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